Fantasy sports trade debate systems

ABSTRACT

A fantasy sports trade evaluation and advisory system comprising a trade debate website hosted on a computer server comprising a central database. Fantasy team managers participating in a variety of fantasy sports leagues may freely register an account on the trade debate website and may post a fantasy sports trade for other users to review and vote on via an online poll. The poll may comprise options for voting for either manager who the website user believes to be receiving the benefit of the bargain along with an option for indicating that the trade is perceived to be even. The results may be posted for the website user to see once the vote has been placed. The fantasy sports trade evaluation and advisory system may provide a social, online, global community for fantasy sports competitors of all fantasy sports types and leagues.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application is related to and claims priority from priorprovisional application Ser. No. 61/505,556, filed Jul. 8, 2011 whichapplication is incorporated herein by reference.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The following includes information that may be useful in understandingthe present invention(s). It is not an admission that any of theinformation provided herein is prior art, or material, to the presentlydescribed or claimed inventions, or that any publication or documentthat is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.

1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to the field of fantasy sportsand more specifically relates to an internet-based membership community(system) for voting and assessing the trading of fantasy players betweenfantasy sports team managers.

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART

Many people join various fantasy sports leagues in which they manageteams and players. Some of these individuals join high-stake leagues inwhich they spend a lot of money to be in the league. Other sportsenthusiasts join fantasy leagues for fun and enjoy drafting players,trading players, and managing a fantasy team. No matter the league, mostplayers want to win and often search for information and statisticsonline for guidance on what to do. These statistics are typicallygenerated by calculating numbers and often times do not reflect thepersonal aspect of any given situation. This information may beavailable online, but there may not be one, contained site in which thisinformation is provided. Further, statistics may be out of date by thetime an individual receives them, thus rendering the informationuseless. An informative, helpful and reliable solution is desired bysuch individuals.

Various attempts have been made to solve the above-mentioned problemssuch as those found in U.S. Publication Nos. 2002/0065097 toBrockenbrough et al; 2003/0054885 to Pinto et al; 2011/0237317 to Noonanet al; 2010/0075729 to Allen et al; 2008/0096594 to Vinding; and2007/0233585 to Simon et al. This prior art is representative of fantasysports advisory communities. None of the above inventions and patents,taken either singly or in combination, is seen to describe the inventionas claimed.

Ideally, an online fantasy sports trade advisory community should assessa fantasy player's value in an open market by enabling fantasy teammanagers to provide real time input on actual trades, such trades arepublicly viewable and votable, and whereby such trades are updated on aninternet based website in real time. Thus, a need exists for a fantasysports trade debate system to provide an internet-based communitywebsite for fantasy manager's to receive up-to-date information as tothe current value of particular fantasy players and to avoid theabove-mentioned problems.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known fantasysports art, the present invention provides a novel fantasy sports tradedebate, evaluation, and peer advisory system. The general purpose of thepresent invention, which will be described subsequently in greaterdetail, is to provide an internet-based fantasy sports community forproviding user-supplied information concerning the value of fantasyplayers in a fantasy sports league.

Fantasy sports trade debate systems as disclosed herein in a preferredembodiment may comprise an internet-based website that may providefantasy sports participants with advice on how to manage their fantasysports teams in a social media setting. More specifically, a fantasysports trade debate website may assist players in the decision-makingprocess about trades, evaluation of players, and other related issues.The website may be driven by user-generated polls, rating systems,comments, and recommendations. By using this website, fantasy sportsteam managers may rely on the advice and assertions of others, ratherthan statistical data that may only show one side of a situation.Fantasy sports trade debate systems may provide fantasy sports playerswith a helpful and informative platform to which fantasy sports teammanagers may go for advice and updates from fellow players.

The trade debate website of fantasy sports trade debate systems may behosted on a secure computer server and may further comprise a centraldatabase. The central database may collect user information from websitevisitors such that a website visitor may register a free account. Onceregistered, the user may be able to securely log in with a uniqueusername and password. The user may then create a new trade byconfiguring trade parameters. The trade parameters may include optionsfor indicating the type of fantasy league, sub-type of league, how manyteams are in the league, and a full player list of players who areactively playing in that particular type of league. The user may selectthe players to be traded to each fantasy team manager. Further, the usermay insert user-defined comments and notes that may assist other websiteusers in evaluating the merits of the trade. Once the trade parametersare configured, the user may publish the trade to the trade debatewebsite such that other users may comment and vote on the trade.

When a website user votes on a published trade, the user will be able toview the voting results. However, the user will not be able to view theresults of the trade until a vote has been placed. This may serve as anincentive to the user to contribute his or her input on the trade whichmay drive the success of the website. The website user who wishes tovote on the trade may vote for either Manager A, Manager B, or vote thatthe trade is even and fair. On the voting results page, the user willthen be able to see a bar graph indicating which side has received morevotes and may then base their own personal decisions on managing theirfantasy team accordingly.

The trade debate website is designed to be socially friendly andeasy-to-navigate. The central database may further comprise a pluralityof RSS feeds. The RSS feeds may syndicate website news and updates,along with player reports, injury reports, and other important sportingleague information relevant to fantasy sports. Social media and printand share icons may be present on each trade screen such that eachindividual trade may be easily shared via popular social media websites,as well as printed for personal reference or shared via email to otherindividuals.

The present invention holds significant improvements and serves as afantasy sports trade debate system. For purposes of summarizing theinvention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of theinvention have been described herein. It is to be understood that notnecessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with anyone particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may beembodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes oneadvantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarilyachieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. Thefeatures of the invention which are believed to be novel areparticularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concludingportion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, andadvantages of the present invention will become better understood withreference to the following drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The figures which accompany the written portion of this specificationillustrate embodiments and method(s) of use for the present invention,fantasy sports trade debate system, constructed and operative accordingto the teachings of the present invention

FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 1C show a perspective view illustrating a fantasysports trade debate system (fantasy sports trade evaluation and advisorysystem) in use according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a data flowchart of thefantasy sports trade evaluation and advisory system according to anembodiment of the present invention of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a user flowchart of thefantasy sports trade evaluation and advisory system according to anembodiment of the present invention of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a new trade creator screen ofa trade debate website according to an embodiment of the presentinvention of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a trade vote screen of thetrade debate website according to an embodiment of the present inventionof FIGS. 1 and 4.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a vote results screen of thetrade debate website according to an embodiment of the present inventionof FIGS. 1, 4 and 5.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of use according to anembodiment of the present invention of FIGS. 1-6.

The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter bedescribed in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein likedesignations denote like elements.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

As discussed above, embodiments of the present invention relate to afantasy sports trade debate system and more particularly to aninternet-based fantasy sports community for providing user-generatedfantasy sports input for fantasy team owners to better optimize andmanage their fantasy team in a fantasy sports league.

A fantasy sports trade debate system comprises a user-generated websitehosted on a secure computer network that may present advice,information, and analysis to fantasy sports players (managers.) Thefantasy sports trade debate system may comprise a trade debate websitewhere there may be different pages for all fantasy sports, such asfootball, baseball, basketball, hockey, and so forth. These pages may bedriven by user-generated polls, rating systems, comments, andrecommendations. The site may be socially-based, with the usersproviding notes, statistics, and trade variables by means of a speciallydesigned Web Box, Light Box, or other commentary means.

Trade debate website users posting trades may be given a notes sectionin an easy-to-use commentary box where they may add any variables thatother users may need to know about a specific trade in order to provideaccurate an vote and commentary. The potential trade may then bepublished on a homepage of the trade debate website where other usersmay indicate who they favor in the trade through a polled vote. Acomments section and an archive number may be attached to every trade.The owner who posted the trade may then make a decision based on theresults of the poll after a user-defined timed window, as well as thecomments from other users. A search engine may allow users to find theirposted trade and any player ever involved in any posted trade throughoutan entire fantasy sports season. An active ticker of successful tradesmade in fantasy leagues may scroll across the top screen as an indicatorof a trade being posted, polled, commented, and completed. Furthermore,the trade debate website may utilize a continuous RSS feed withfunctionality around each trade that will make it easy to interact withby the user.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference there is shown inFIG. 1A, fantasy sports trade debate systems 100 (fantasy sports tradeevaluation and advisory system) during ‘in-use’ condition 150.

As shown, fantasy sports trade debate systems 100 may comprise tradedebate website 110 which may be accessible via internet 125 by user 140who may be using a first inputting comprising communication device 120.User 140 may use communication device 120 comprising computer 190 toconnect to internet 125, as shown in FIG. 1A. User 140 may comprisefantasy manager 142 who may be a manager/owner of a fantasy sports teamhosted by a fantasy sports league. It should be noted that trade debatewebsite 110 may cater to fantasy sports leagues of a variety ofprofessional sports such as football, baseball, basketball, hockey,tennis, soccer, golf, and so on and so forth. Further, trade debatewebsite 110 may cater to fantasy sports leagues within college sportsand non-professional sports. By way of example, the illustrations anddescription herein refer to fantasy football correlating to players whoplay in the National Football League NFL®.

Referring now to FIG. 1B, illustrating fantasy sports trade debatesystems 100 during ‘in-use’ condition 150. As shown, trade debatewebsite 110 may be accessible by user 140 who may be using a secondinputter comprising communication device 120 comprising smart phone 195to connect to internet 125. User 140 may comprise fantasy advisor 144who may vote, comment, and otherwise interact with fantasy manager 142on trade debate website 110. It should be noted that user 140 comprisingeither fantasy manager 142 or fantasy advisor 144 may connect to tradedebate website 110 using communication device 120 whereby communicationdevice 120 may comprise any suitable mobile or electronic communicationdevice comprising a connection to internet 125.

Referring now to FIG. 1C, illustrating fantasy sports trade debatesystems 100 during ‘in-use’ condition 150. As shown, trade debatewebsite 110 may be accessible by user 140 who may be using tablet 192.Tablet 192 may comprise iPad® or the like. In such a manner, user 140comprising fantasy manager 142 or fantasy advisor 144 may access tradedebate website 120 in a variety of environments and using a variety ofcommunication devices 120. Communication device 120 may include, but isnot limited to, computer 190, tablet 192 (such as iPad® or Kindle® orthe like, smart phone 195, PDA, internet TV, gaming console, etc. Itshould be further noted that fantasy advisor 144 may comprise ananonymous user and need not register an account on trade debate website110 to utilize trade debate website 110.

Referring now to FIG. 2, illustrating data flowchart 200 of fantasysports trade debate systems 100 according to a preferred embodiment ofthe present invention. As shown, computer server 205 may comprise asecure computer network for storing central database 210. Centraldatabase 210 may comprise a MYSQL or comparable database for storingfiles, logs, and scripts of fantasy sports trade debate systems 100.Central database 210 may comprise team rosters 220 comprising a completelist of players who play on a plurality of sports teams having a fantasysports league. Furthermore, central database 210 may comprise playerupdates 230 which may comprise a system for providing important updatesof sports athletes, such as injury reports, trade reports, playersuspensions, and the like.

Team rosters 220 and player updates 230 may be continuously updatedwithin central database 210 via a RSS feed 260. RSS feed 260 (Rich SiteSummary) may comprise a format for delivering regularly changing webcontent to trade debate website 110. In addition, central database 210may comprise a plurality of user accounts. User accounts may be createdfreely by user 140 visiting trade debate website 110. The user accountmay comprise personal login information unique to user 140 and centraldatabase 210 may store information relevant to each unique user account,such as user profile information, contact information, and a history ofpast fantasy sports trades posted on trade debate website 110 along withcomments that have been posted on trades published by other users 140.Central database 210 hosted by computer server 205 may be accessible viainternet 125, as shown in FIG. 2. In such a manner, trade debate website110 may be accessible via communication device 120 which may be used byuser 140, as shown.

Referring now to FIG. 3, illustrating user flowchart 300 according to apreferred embodiment of fantasy sports trade debate systems 100.

As shown, user 140 may connect to trade debate website 110 over internet125 via communication device 120. In one embodiment, user 140 may accesstrade debate website 110 by visiting http://www.tradedebate.com. Onceuser 140 arrives at trade debate website 110, user 140 may proceedthrough user authentication software installed on trade debate website110 in order to log in. If user 140 is fantasy manager 142 of a fantasysports team, user 140 may create trade 310. Fantasy manager 142 mayconfigure parameters for trade 310 by entering information pertaining tothe fantasy players to be traded along with notes or comments which mayassist fantasy advisor 144 to vote and comment on trade 310. Once theparameters for trade 310 have been configured, fantasy manager 142 maypublish trade 310 thereby making trade 310 viewable by other users 140on trade debate website 110.

Once published, fantasy advisor 144 may view trade 310 up forconsideration by fantasy manager 142 and may vote on trade 310 and/oroptionally comment on trade 310. Once fantasy advisor 144 has voted ontrade 310, fantasy advisor 144 may the overall voting results of trade310. In such a manner, user 140 comprising fantasy advisor 144 has anincentive to vote on trade 310 in order to see the voting results as thevoting results will not be viewable prior to submitting a votingresponse to trade 310. Both fantasy manager 142 and fantasy advisor 144may use the voting results and comments provided by other users 140responding to trade 310 in order to optimize a fantasy sports team.

It should be noted that trade debate website 110 may comprise at leastone search engine. User 140 may perform a search of trade debate website110 via the search engine. Preferably, user 140 may search for anyindividual player stored by central database 210 on computer server 205.When user 140 inputs a search query into the search engine for aspecific player, the search engine may return results comprising anytrade 310 posted to trade debate website 110 involving that particularplayer. Furthermore, user 140 may use the search engine to look upspecific usernames of trade debate website 110 to view a history oftrade(s) 310 published by that particular username. Additionally, user140 may use the search engine to search for notes, updates, andannouncements regarding a specific fantasy sports league.

In turning now to FIG. 4, showing new trade creator screen 400 of tradedebate website 110 according to an embodiment of fantasy sports tradedebate systems 100. Fantasy manager 142 may select the type of fantasyleague via league provider field 410. League provider field 410 maycomprise any professional or non-professional sports league where afantasy sports game may be played. Fantasy manager 142 may the amount ofteams in the sports league via league size field 415. Once the fantasyleague provider is selected, player bank field 420 may be populated witha full list of players who play within that sports league. Fantasymanager 142 may then select the type of fantasy league via league typefield 425. League type field 425 may comprise head-to-head standardscoring, head-to-head point per reception, rotisserie, just to name afew. It should be appreciated that league type field 425 may compriseany type of fantasy sports league as played within fantasy sports.Fantasy manager 142 may then designate a subtype of fantasy league vialeague subtype field 430.

In continuing to refer to FIG. 4, once fantasy manager 142 configuresthe parameters of trade 310 via new trade creator screen 400, fantasymanager 142 may then select players from player bank field 420 involvedin trade 310 between Manager A (fantasy manager 142) and Manager B(other fantasy team manager). To designate players involved in trade310, fantasy manager 142 may select a player from player bank field 420and then click “Manager A” button to add the player to manager A playerarea 435. Next, fantasy manager 142 may select a player from player bankfield 420 and click “Manager B” button to add the player to manager Bplayer area 440. It should be noted that fantasy manager 142 may selectand add as many players as necessary that are involved in trade 310. Itshould further be noted that players may be removed from manager Aplayer area 435 or manager B player area 440 by clicking “Remove”button, as shown in FIG. 4.

In still referring to FIG. 4, fantasy manager 142 may further addcomments regarding trade 310 via comment box 460. Comment box 460 maycomprise a user-editor box whereby fantasy manager 142 may submituser-preferred notes regarding specific information concerning trade 310that may be relevant to fantasy advisor 144 voting on trade 310. Forexample, fantasy manager 142 may include an optional comment advisinguser(s) 140 on trade debate website 110 viewing trade 310 that Manager Ahas a lot of players occupying a specific position or that Manager B isvying for a final playoff spot in his/her fantasy league. The commentsthat may be added are limited to one's imagination. Once all parametersare configured on new trade creator screen 400, fantasy manager mayclick publish button 405 in order to publish trade 310 to trade debatewebsite 110. It should be noted that at any time, fantasy manager 142may edit trade 310 as needed. In a preferred embodiment of fantasysports trade debate systems 100, trade 310 published by fantasy manager142 appears as a clickable link on the homepage of trade debate website110. Further, trade 310 may be viewable via RSS feed 260 which may beseen on multiple pages within trade debate website 110.

In referring now to FIG. 5, illustrating trade vote screen 500 of tradedebate website 110 according to an embodiment of fantasy sports tradedebate systems 100. User 140 of trade debate website 310 comprisingfantasy advisor 144 may view trade 310 created and published by fantasymanager 142 on trade vote screen 500. Fantasy advisor 144 may view theplayers that Manager A will receive in trade 310 in manager A receivingplayers area 510 and may view the players that Manager B will receive intrade 310 in manager B receiving players area 520. Should fantasyadvisor 144 believe that Manager A is receiving the better deal in trade310, fantasy advisor 144 may click Manager A vote button 515 to vote forManager A. Should fantasy advisor 144 believe that Manager B isreceiving the better deal in trade 310, fantasy advisor 144 may clickManager B vote button 525 to vote for Manager B. Should fantasy advisor144 believe that trade 310 is fair and that neither manager is receivinga better deal, fantasy advisor 144 may click fair trade vote button 530.

In continuing to refer to FIG. 5, trade vote screen 500 of trade debatewebsite 110 may comprise social media icons 562 located toward a toparea of trade vote screen 500. Social media icons 562 may compriseclickable icons to popular social media websites such as Facebook®,Twitter®, Linkdin®, and other social media websites. In such a manner,fantasy advisor 144 may share trade 310 with friends, family, and otherswho may be interested in participating in voting on trade 310.Furthermore, trade vote screen 500 may comprise share and print icons564. Share and print icons 564 may comprise an icon for printing trade310 and for sharing trade 310 via email with others. Share and printicons 564 may provide fantasy manager 142 and fantasy advisor 144 withan easy and convenient manner to reproduce trade vote screen 500 and toshare trade 310 with other fantasy sports players.

Referring now to FIG. 6, illustrating vote results screen 600 of tradedebate website 110 according to an embodiment of fantasy sports tradedebate systems 100. Once fantasy advisor 144 votes on trade 310 createdby fantasy manager 142, fantasy advisor 144 may see vote results viavote results graph 610. In one embodiment, vote results graph 610 maycomprise a colored, horizontal bar chart to visually display whetherManager A or Manager B received more votes. Above vote results graph610, statistics may appear which may show exactly how many votes wereplaced for Manager A, how many votes were placed for Manager B, and howmany votes were neutral indicating a fair and even trade 310.

In still referring to FIG. 6, vote results screen 600 may comprise trademodification buttons 620 which may be available to fantasy manger 142who created trade 310. As shown, trade modification buttons 620 maycomprise a clickable button entitled “Edit” and a clickable buttonentitled “Delete”. When fantasy manager 142 who created trade 310 clickson the “Edit” button, fantasy manager 142 may modify trade 310 toreflect new players or comments. Frequently in fantasy sports, fantasymanagers involved in trade 310 may make counter-offers modifyingathletes involved in trade 310. In such a manner, fantasy manager 142may easily update and modify trade 310 in accordance with anycounter-offers between fantasy managers. Once trade 310 has been editedby fantasy manager 142, the voting statistics may reset to 0. Whenfantasy manager 142 who created trade 310 clicks on the “Delete” button,the option to vote on trade 310 may be removed from trade vote screen500. This may be done to indicate that trade 310 between Manager A andManager B has been accepted, rejected, or withdrawn. Additionally, voteresults screen 600 may also comprise social media icons 562 and shareand print icons 564 for sharing and printing vote results screen 600.

In one embodiment of fantasy sports trade debate systems 100, tradedebate website 110 may comprise a permanent navigational and RSS feedtoolbar. The permanent navigational and RSS feed toolbar may appear ateither a top portion of trade debate website 110 or a bottom portion oftrade debate website 110 and may remain stationary despite any scrollingperformed by user 140. The permanent navigational and RSS feed toolbarmay comprise a live syndicate feed of newly published trade(s) 310,fantasy sports announcements and updates, and the like. Because thepermanent navigational and RSS feed toolbar is stationary, user 140 oftrade debate website 110 will be able to constantly see new trades 310being published by fantasy manager 142 or voted on by fantasy advisor144. This may enable user 140 to be kept updated in real-time and mayprovide a more enjoyable website surfing experience of fantasy sportstrade debate systems 100.

The present invention, an interactive fantasy sports trade debate system100 in preferred embodiments comprises; at least one central database210, wherein central database 210 is in communication with trade debatewebsite 110; at least one computer server 205, wherein computer server205 securely hosts central database 210, and central database 210 hoststrade debate website 110; at least one internet 125 system; at least onefirst inputter comprising first communication device 120, whereby firstcommunication device 120 comprises a connection to internet 125 for useby fantasy manager 144.

The system further comprises at least one second inputter comprisingsecond communication device 120, whereby second communication device 120comprises a connection to internet 125 for use by fantasy advisor 144.Central database 210 may comprise fantasy sports data, whereby fantasysports data comprises sports team rosters 220, and whereby sports teamrosters 220 comprises a roster of players involved in a sports leaguethat is played live. The sports league may comprise a professionalsporting league.

Preferably, the fantasy sports data is stored on central database 210hosted on computer server 205, and central database 210 is accessible tofantasy manager 142 and fantasy advisor 144 via trade debate website110. Fantasy manager 142 may input a viewable transaction comprisingtrade 310 via the first inputter comprising communication device 120,and fantasy advisor 144 is able to view trade 310 via the secondinputter also comprising communication device 120. Both fantasy manager142 and fantasy advisor 144 are able to actively scrutinize trade 310and input an opinion via communication device 120; and both fantasymanager 142 and fantasy advisor 144 are able to use the opinion(s) tooptimize a fantasy sports team.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart 750 illustrating a method of use 700 for fantasysports trade debate systems 100 according to an embodiment of thepresent invention of FIGS. 1-6.

A method of using (method of use 700) trade debate website 110 comprisesthe steps of: step one 701 accessing trade debate website 110 viacommunication device 120, step two 702 posting trade 310 by fantasymanager 142 on trade debate website 110, step three 703 voting on trade703 by fantasy advisor 144 (or fantasy manager 142), and step four 704analyzing vote results to optimize a fantasy sports team.

It should be noted that step four 704 is an optional step and may not beimplemented in all cases. Optional steps of method 700 are illustratedusing dotted lines in FIG. 7 so as to distinguish them from the othersteps of method 700.

It should be noted that the steps described in the method of use can becarried out in many different orders according to user preference. Uponreading this specification, it should be appreciated that, underappropriate circumstances, considering such issues as design preference,user preferences, marketing preferences, cost, structural requirements,available materials, technological advances, etc., other methods of usearrangements such as, for example, different orders withinabove-mentioned list, elimination or addition of certain steps,including or excluding certain maintenance steps, etc., may besufficient.

The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary andnumerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readilyenvisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which areintended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention.Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S.Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially thescientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiarwith patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from acursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure ofthe application.

1. An interactive fantasy sports trade evaluation and advisory systemcomprising; at least one central database; at least one computer server;at least one internet system; at least one first inputter for use by afantasy manager; and at least one second inputter for use by a fantasyadvisor; wherein said at least one central database comprises fantasysports data; wherein said at least one central database comprising saidfantasy sports data is hosted on said at least one computer server;wherein said at least one central database hosted on said at least onecomputer server is accessible to said fantasy manager and said fantasyadvisor via said at least one internet system; wherein said fantasymanager inputs a viewable transaction via said first inputter; whereinsaid fantasy adviser is able to view said viewable transaction; whereinsaid fantasy adviser is able to actively scrutinize said viewabletransaction and input an opinion via said second inputter; wherein saidfantasy manager is able to view said opinion of said fantasy advisor toassess said viewable transaction; and wherein said fantasy manager isable to use said opinion(s) to optimize said fantasy sports team.
 2. Theinteractive fantasy sports trade evaluation and advisory system of claim1, wherein a website is in communication with said central database,said website hosted on said central server.
 3. The interactive fantasysports trade evaluation and advisory system of claim 1, wherein saidfantasy sports data comprises a roster of players.
 4. The interactivefantasy sports trade evaluation and advisory system of claim 3, whereinsaid roster comprises said players, said players involved in a sportsleague that is played live.
 5. The interactive fantasy sports tradeevaluation and advisory system of claim 4, wherein a performance of saidplayers involved in said sports league that is played live equates to apoint value in a fantasy sports league.
 6. The interactive fantasysports trade evaluation and advisory system of claim 5, wherein saidviewable transaction comprises a trade of said players between saidfantasy manager and a second fantasy manager in said fantasy sportleague.
 7. The interactive fantasy sports trade evaluation and advisorysystem of claim 6, wherein said trade is able to be voted on by saidfantasy advisor such that said fantasy manager is able to view said voteprovided by said fantasy advisor.
 8. The interactive fantasy sportstrade evaluation and advisory system of claim 6, wherein said trade isable to be actively scrutinized by said fantasy advisor such that saidfantasy manager is able to view comments provided by said fantasyadvisor.
 9. The interactive fantasy sports trade evaluation and advisorysystem of claim 2, wherein said fantasy advisor is an anonymous internetuser of said website.
 10. The interactive fantasy sports tradeevaluation and advisory system of claim 1, wherein said first inputteror said second inputter comprises a computer.
 11. The interactivefantasy sports trade evaluation and advisory system of claim 1, whereinsaid first inputter or said second inputter comprises a tablet.
 12. Theinteractive fantasy sports trade evaluation and advisory system of claim1, wherein said first inputter or said second inputter comprises a smartphone.
 13. The interactive fantasy sports trade evaluation and advisorysystem of claim 2, wherein said website comprises a user database. 14.The interactive fantasy sports trade evaluation and advisory system ofclaim 13, wherein said user database enables said fantasy manager andsaid fantasy adviser to create a user account on said website, said useraccount capable of storing user-created profile, said user-createdprofile publicly viewable on said website.
 15. The interactive fantasysports trade evaluation and advisory system of claim 2, wherein saidwebsite comprises a search engine.
 16. The interactive fantasy sportstrade evaluation and advisory system of claim 2, wherein said websitecomprises an RSS feed for syndicating said viewable transactionsautomatically on a homepage of said website.
 17. The interactive fantasysports trade evaluation and advisory system of claim 4, wherein saidsports league comprises a professional sporting league.
 18. Theinteractive fantasy sports trade evaluation and advisory system of claim4, wherein said sports league comprises a non-professional sportingleague.
 19. An interactive fantasy sports trade evaluation and advisorysystem comprising; at least one central database, said central databasein communication with a website; at least one computer server, saidcomputer server hosting said central database, said central databasefurther hosting said website; at least one internet system; at least onefirst inputter comprising a first electronic communication device, saidfirst electronic communication device comprising a connection to saidinternet system for use by a fantasy manager; and at least one secondinputter comprising a second electronic communication device, saidsecond electronic communication device comprising another connection tosaid internet system for use by a fantasy advisor; wherein said at leastone central database comprises fantasy sports data, said fantasy sportsdata comprising a roster of players, said roster of players involved ina sports league that is played live, said sports league comprising aprofessional sporting league; wherein said at least one central databasecomprising said fantasy sports data is hosted on said at least onecomputer server; wherein said at least one central database hosted onsaid at least one computer server is accessible to said fantasy managerand said fantasy advisor via said at least one internet system; whereinsaid fantasy manager inputs a viewable transaction via said firstinputter, said viewable transaction comprising a trade; wherein saidfantasy adviser is able to view said viewable transaction; wherein saidfantasy adviser is able to actively scrutinize said viewable transactionand input an opinion via said second inputter; wherein said fantasymanager is able to view said opinion of said fantasy advisor to assesssaid viewable transaction; and wherein said fantasy manager is able touse said opinion(s) to optimize said fantasy sports team.
 20. A methodof using an interactive fantasy sports trade evaluation and advisorysystem comprising the steps of: accessing a website hosted on a computerserver; posting a trade on said website by a fantasy manager; voting onsaid trade on said website by a fantasy adviser; and analyzing resultsof said voting to optimize a fantasy sports team.